Scholarships

Walters State Community College offers many types of scholarships for students within our service area. A committee comprised of faculty, administration, and students select all recipients. This process gives consideration to high school GPA, ACT scores, post-secondary GPA and other demographic information such as county of residency, program of study, and availability of funds.

WSCC Scholarship Applicationavailable September 2nd - March 15th for the following fall term All students are encouraged to apply

Application Period Begins

September 2nd

Application Period Ends

March 15th
The deadline for submission is March 15th.
Late applications will not be accepted.

The WSCC Scholarship Committee meets in April of each year to review scholarship data and to make the awards. Each award recipient will be notified by mail regarding the type of scholarship they have been offered. Students are required to submit a scholarship acceptance form by the date indicated on the letter in order to be eligible for the scholarship. Once all acceptance letters are received, additional scholarships may be awarded based on scholarship offers that were declined.

Like other types of financial aid, scholarships come with responsibility and retention standards. It is the responsibility of the student to know and understand what is expected of them in order to retain the scholarship for future terms if applicable. Minimally students are required to meet WSCC's Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards (SAP); however, some scholarships have more stringent GPA requirements, enrollment status requirements, duration limits and work requirements.

Tennessee Promise

High School Seniors may apply for the Tennessee Promise scholarship, which will provide two years of tuition-free attendance at a community or technical college in Tennessee.

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Claiborne

Upper Room Ministries
Contact Joheny Russell at 423-489-7773.

Upper Room Ministries are in need of volunteers to assist with Hand Up food distribution to whoever is in need in Claiborne County. Individual volunteers and groups work together on Friday to count items, check dates on food items, sort and categorize donated items, and box for the food distribution on Saturday. Saturday volunteers will assist with distribution and if needed, assisting food boxes to vehicles. Hand Up is held on the second Friday and Saturday of each month and is located on Hwy 33S, New Tazewell, TN (across from Gose Park).

Claiborne County Habitat for Humanity
Contact bevrhyne2@yahoo.com or 865-278-3547 to volunteer.

Goodwill Thrift Store
To volunteer at the New Tazewell store, contact 423-626-1909.

Cocke County

Volunteer Income Tax Aide in Newport, TN at Newport Housing. Training is required to be a tax aide or a greeter. Please contact Carlene Robinson for more information. 423-623-7296 ext. 4 or at crobinson@ethra.org

Davy Crockett State Park is currently needs volunteers for trail construction and maintenance in an attempt to meet a state park initiative of having the nation’s best trail system! Trail work would consist of brush and vegetation removal, weed eating, leveling trails with shovels and other hand tools, adding signage, shorter distance hiking, and more. Volunteers will always be within a quarter mile of a main road and bathroom.

The LTF is a group formed for the purpose of linking Latinos with organizations and businesses for the promotion of strong and unified communities. The LTF in Morristown is in need of volunteers to provide administration support with several projects.

Stepping out Ministries in Morristown
Please contact Melanie Owens at 423-748-9910 for more information.

Jefferson

Appalachian Outreach is a poverty relief ministry in partnership with the community providing home repairs, food baskets, clothing, firewood, and shelter. Volunteers are needed on an on-going basis, but must serve in a minimum of two-hour increments.

Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity
Contact jeffersoncountytnhabitat@gmail.com or call 865-741-0069 for more information.

Sevier

The Old Mill in Pigeon Forge
If you are interested, call Amy Harper or Kathy Voncannon at 865-430-5727.

Dates Vary; 8:00 am. The owners of The Old Mill in Pigeon Forge give the coins from their fountain to the United Way. They need volunteers to help remove the coins from the fountain. They remove the coins once a week, beginning at 8:00 am. It takes about an hour, and involves using a wet vac, as well as manually removing coins from crevices, etc. Volunteers will need to wear old tennis shoes or rain boots. The Old Mill/United Way will provide gloves. There is room for three volunteers in the fountain at a time. Dates are flexible.

Sevier County Public Library
Please contact Kathy Bradley at kbradley@sevierlibrary.org.

The Sevier County Public Library has various volunteer opportunities available.

Walters State Promise

At Walters State, we value the academic accomplishments of students from our area. Through the Walters State Promise Scholarship Program, we are guaranteeing scholarships to students who meet certain academic
requirements. Like the Tennessee Promise, the purpose of the Walters State Promise is to help students achieve their educational goals. It funds costs, such as textbooks and travel expenses, not covered by the Tennessee
Promise or other financial aid.

Award: The full GEAR UP TN Scholarship amount is $1,000 for students enrolled at least half time in an eligible institution. Students enrolled less than half time in an eligible institution of higher education qualify for 50% of the full GEAR UP TN Scholarship award.

Renewal : The GEAR UP TN Scholarship is renewable for up to six years after the student’ scheduled completion of secondary school. Students must complete an Intent to Enroll Form annually. Funds are awarded on a first come first served basis as funds are available.

Students who withdrawal from classes will be subject to the refund policy of the institution.

Eligibility:

Student must be less than 22 years of age at the time of first scholarship award.

Student must receive a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent on or after January 1, 1993.

Student must enroll in a program of undergraduate instruction at a Federal Pell Grant Program eligible institution of higher education.

Student must have participated in a GEAR UP TN activity as a member of the class scheduled to graduate in the 2010-2011 academic year while at a public high school or middle school participating in GEAR UP TN in Cocke or Union county.

This discretionary federal grant program is designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. GEAR UP serves an entire cohort of students beginning no later than the seventh grade and follows the cohort through high school. Students for the program were selected during their 7th grade and tracked through high school and post-secondary education. Currently Cocke and Union counties are the only counties in our service area that are participating in this federal program.

The Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program provides aid for Tennessee residents who meet citizenship requirements and who will be graduating from high school, or received a GED no more than one year prior to the award year. Recipients are identified from among qualified applicants utilizing a scientifically based stratified random selection procedure.

The Ned McWherter Scholars Program is intended to encourage academically superior Tennessee high school graduates to attend college in Tennessee. One-Half of the award is from the State and must be matched on a 1:1 basis by the college or university attended.